Balanced diet

what is weetabix?

livenfree45 wrote: »

what is weetabix?

American Shredded Wheat.

sflano1271 wrote: »

Hi just wondering is this a balanced diet for breakfast I have two weetabix with low fat milk in a bowl and two eggs then for lunch have 2-3 potatoes depending on the size with chicken or fish and baked beans or peas then two hours after lunch have some fruit the for evening meal have beans and brown bread or scrambled eggs with Brown bread and a yoghurt then night time if im hungry have a glass of milk or a bowl of cereal like weetabix with low fat milk.

It is a little boring if that is what you have every day.

You haven't included food weights, or mentioned how you cook your chicken/fish - is that in some kind of oil?

Here's some suggestions as to how you can increase the nutrient values:
Add a banana or handful of berries to the Weetabix.
It looks like you have your main meal at lunch time? Try adding some chopped carrots in with the peas, or add a bag of microwave vegetables. Change it up by stir-frying the chicken with some Asian greens, baby corn, onions and beansprouts, in a couple of teaspoons of olive oil, swapping out the potatoes for noodles or rice. Instead of cooked peas/beans, have a large mixed salad (e.g. lettuce, shredded cabbage, raw onion, grated carrot, sliced bell peppers, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, etc.) with an olive oil/balsamic vinegar dressing.

You also haven't said if you have any kind of butter/spread on your toast - it is important to get healthy fats in your diet, it helps with the absorption of vitamins.

Make sure you log it in MFP so you can make sure you're getting enough calories - you can add avocado or a handful of nuts if you're low. (Mashed avocado spread on toast and topped with beans is delicious - or bake your lunchtime potatoes and mash with avocado... or just slice some avocado and put it in a salad)

Looks like a bland, monotonous, poorly balanced meal plan.

The kinds of vege you are eating are all legumes, green beans and peas included. While this isn't going to do any harm in the short term, in the longer term, you would miss out on certain micro-nutrients. If you have any allergies or there are allergies in your family a reliance on legumes might not be the best thing either, but depends on whatever is or isn't going on.

There is some good advice above about foods to incorporate. I wouldn't try to do too much at once. Try testing out one or two new things each week and experimenting with how to cook them and what you think they combine well with within what you already eat.

livenfree45 wrote: »

L1zardQueen wrote: »

livenfree45 wrote: »

what is weetabix?

American Shredded Wheat.

Thanks

Except not. It's a dry, crumbly biscuit kinda thing, sort of pressed together, not like the woven strands in shredded wheat.